In the pink of health, back again

The healthcare industry holds more importance than ever for everyone on the planet. Strategic tech measures, and not rash decisions, are the need of the hour

- Pratima Harigunani

The world is part the second wave and is already bracing up, in many ways, for the next turn of the crisis. What would this mean for the healthcare space, as an industry and as a mindset both? To begin with that’s a very poignant and a relevant question, right now; a question that can have many answers. But the candid and brave one is what we need to hear before we step further into the new normal. And this answer hints that being panic-driven or using knee-jerk reactions won’t do. But at the same time we cannot afford to be reckless or random in our responsiveness to what happens next. The issue was taken up in the Leader’s Talk at the Dataquest Digital Leadership Conclave between Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty, Chairman and Executive Director, Narayana Health and Arun Seth, Trustee, NASSCOM Foundation.

Pointing out that while it will be very difficult to predict about the third wave, Dr. Shetty says that gradually the pandemic is becoming like an endemic disease. “We may not see the kind of peak that we have seen in the past. People have been vaccinated or exposed to the virus. We should be mentally prepared. COVID-19 is something we need to accept to learn to live with.”